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An early booting warning message

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: jbranso <at> dismail.de
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48973: closed (An early booting warning message)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 20:16:02 +0000

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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso <at> dismail.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: An early booting warning message
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:17:00 -0400

Hello!

I've seen this warning message from my boot screen pretty much every
time I boot guix system on my T400.

[ 36.909489] Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...



The system boots just fine, but I figured I'd report this error
message.

Thanks!


Joshua

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From: jbranso <at> dismail.de
To: 48973-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48973: An early booting warning message
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 20:15:12 +0000

June 12, 2021 11:46 AM, "Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" <me <at> tobias.gr> wrote:

> This is a cross-distro annoyance; Guix doesn't explicitly load or even mention pcspkr.
> 
> One very common work-around is
> 
> (kernel-arguments (list "modprobe.blacklist=pcspkr" …))
> 
> For the 6 people who actually want the infernal demented shofar that is the ‘PC speaker’, I'm not
> sure what the solution is. Or if one is even needed, since the ‘error’ is indeed 100% harmless.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> T G-R
> 
> Sent from a Web browser. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

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